Book Review: From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz

Ah, this book holds some sweet memories for me. It opened my world to the author known as Dean Koontz, and made me go into a Koontz craze, determined to read everything he wrote. It’s a powerful story that evokes every single emotion in the human body: From terror and hopelessness to joy and love. As always, the characters in this book are as solid as can be, full of so much depth that a person could wonder if they actually existed somewhere in the world. The plot is not only engaging for the ready, but action-packed, leaving little time to catch a breath before another development happens in the story. I’d recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a story that is so powerful in meaning, you won’t be able to put it down till the very last sentence.

From the Corner of His Eye tells the story from several different points of view. You begin by getting to know a kind, sweet woman named Agnes who is about to have a child. A few pages later, Junior Cain is introduced, a man who is not what he seems. There are many twists throughout the story. You’ll end up adoring the love Agnes and her husband had for each other before a fatal car accident separated them. Naomi, Junior’s former wife, is to be pitied through the whole plot, though we never get to see what she thinks or feels- only how Junior himself thought of her. Several other characters are introduced, including Celestina, Agnes’ brothers Jacob and Edom, and the mysterious detective Vanadium. It is the children of the story however, Bartholomew and Angel, that will captivate the hearts of any reader.

As a writer myself, I find it hard to delve into the minds of children and somehow make them come to life. Koontz had no problem at all in doing so, with little Barty and Angel playing an integral part in the entire storyline as Junior Cain searches for them, desperate to get rid of his only threat.

I don’t want to give away anything else in the story. I will promise that it is the adventure of a lifetime however, and you certainly won’t be disappointed with this book. Maybe it’ll even change the way you think about things.